User blog comment:MegaGyarados/PokéPolls - Episode 2 - Nominations - Hardest Gym Leader/@comment-32358261-20180210232136/@comment-32358261-20180215211012

Oh yeah the status was awful too, making my Pokémon slower so his Pokémon would almost always outspeed. I had to grind my froakie and pidgey to a high level to beat him. I couldn’t even afford potions since early game trainers gave so little money